A model combining cell physiology and population genetics to explain Escherichia coli laboratory evolution

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 1, Issue , 2001, Pages

  Graña, Martín ^a   Acerenza, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 3042648666     PISSN: 14712148     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-1-12     Document Type: Article

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